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PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

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dankunpleasantly moist or wet
vieto strive for superiority : contend
begetto procreate as the father : sire
igniteto set afire
incognitowith one's identity concealed
swelterto suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat
statutoryof or relating to statutes
ratiocinationthe process of exact thinking : reasoning
illicitnot permitted : unlawful
nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas